SYNOPSIS

The story of this play revolves around three women who are arrested with an infant on a beach while trying to enter a European country. They are illegal immigrants who have crossed the sea with the help of smugglers, hoping to be accepted as refugees.

These women have fled war, poverty, and violence, and now, with the infant they are traveling with, they must face the questions of an immigration officer to determine their fate.

The central question the play raises is: how much can the blind fate of one’s birthplace affect a person’s destiny? And if we had the choice to select our place of birth, which utopia in today’s world would we choose?

The main aim of this play is to engage audiences from various lands and involve them in these profound questions.

Playwright: Naghmeh Samini

Director: Afsaneh Mahian

Director’s Advisor: Manouchehr Shoja

Cast: Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Mehran Nael, Shiva Fallahi

Set, Costume, and Lighting Designer: Manouchehr Shoja

Poster and Brochure Designer: Amir Esmi

Composer and Sound Designer (in Iranshahr Theater):Mohammadreza Jadidi

Sound and Music Performance (in Iranshahr Theater): Behrooz Seifi

Assistant Director: Amirsepehr Taghiloo

Stage Secretary: Rojan Kordnejad

Stage Manager: Mehdi Safarzadeh Khaniki

Photographer: Maryam Deyhool

Video and Digital Advertising Designer: Mohammad Mehdi Lorestani

International Project Manager: Gilnaz Yousefian

Performances

Tehran, Iranshahr Theater, Samandarian Hall, March 2022 and April 2022

Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster, Germany, September 2024

International Open Air Theater Festival, “Prizren Fest”, Prizren, Kosova, July 2024

Hau Berlin (German Premier), Berlin, Germany, 2024

Wiener Festwochen, Film Screening of the play, Vienna, Austria, June 2023

Landeshauptstadt München Kulturreferat Iraniches Kulturfest, München, Germany May, 2022